Azalea 5

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Konoha 6
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Ayame: I, I...don't wanna...be alone...
I, I...don't wanna...be alone...
I, I...don't wanna...be alone...

Konoha: AYAMEE-------!

Konoha: Haaa!
Hazuki: Wah! You scared me~...   ............
Ayame: Your voice suddenly got really loud!
Konoha: Eh...?
Hazuki: I was thinking that it's rare to see you space out like that...what's wrong?
Ayame: Maybe she remembered something she forgot about! I do that a lot too!
Konoha: ...A......That's right. Ayame, I remembered something.
Ayame: Nn~? What is it?
Konoha: I bought you some ice cream.
Ayame: Really!? Yaaaaaayy--! Thanks, Konoha! Can I eat it now? Can I?
Konoha: Sure.
Ayame: Yaaaaay! I'll go get it, okay!
Hazuki: ........Was what you just said true?
Konoha: ...There really was ice cream. I lied about remembering that I bought it just now.
Hazuki: What do you mean...?
Konoha: ...Before Ayame comes back, I'll tell you quickly...I think what I just saw here was an illusion...
Hazuki: Illusion? ...you think...you saw one?
Konoha: My memories from just a little while ago aren't very clear...But, I do remember that they said it was an illusion...In front of my eyes, Ayame was suffering...it was a pretty dangerous situation...
Hazuki: Ayame was!?
Konoha: That wasn't a dream or anything like that......what kind of state was I in?
Hazuki: ...You definitely weren't asleep. You were just staring off into space for a lo--ng time...
Konoha: I definitely felt like something was happening before my eyes...
Ayame: Konohaaaa--! Hey, this is my favorite kind of ice cream!
Konoha: Ah, yeah....since you mentioned that you liked it before.
Ayame: I'm soo happy--!
Hazuki: ...Huh? Ayame, where's your spoon?
Ayame: Oh! Shoot! I forgot... I'll go get it---!
Hazuki: .......So, anyway. You felt like it was real?
Konoha: ...This is the first time I've experienced something like this.
Hazuki: ...Was it like a...daydream or something? The thing where you're still awake... but you see visions.
Konoha: ...Daydream... ...Oh! ...Could it be that someone was showing me those daydreams...?
Hazuki: Someone was? What do you mean...?
Konoha: ...Consider our situation... What are we...?
Hazuki: ...Magical girls...so that's what you mean...!
Konoha: We of all people should first suspect that as the first possibility.
Hazuki: But, who in the world would...? Do you have any idea?
Konoha: Who knows...besides, I don't even know what their intentions are...
Ayame: I brought the spoon--!
Konoha: ...Is that so?
Ayame: Thanks for the ice cream! Muhhaaa! It's sooo good--!
Konoha: ...Keep this a secret from Ayame.
Hazuki: Why!?
Konoha: Even if we give her extremely uncertain information, it'll only confuse her. Right now, we should just keep it to ourselves...
Hazuki: ..........
Konoha: ...Besides, if we told her, it would just make Ayame worry. That'd be...too cruel...
Hazuki: ...Right. I got it. ...But, don't you remember anything else?
Konoha: ...I don't remember.
Hazuki: You didn't feel magical energy or anything like that?
Konoha: ...Nothing...
Hazuki: ...Feels like everything's in a fog...
Konoha: Anyway, please, keep your guard up...
HazuKi: Y, Yeah...

Hazuki: ........


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Konoha 7
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Konoha: Our first turning point was this encounter...

Hazuki: ...So...Tokiwa Nanaka-san...that's right, isn't it?
Nanaka: Yes, I'm Tokiwa Nanaka.
Hazuki: ...Earlier, I saw you in the barrier so I don't think I'm wrong but...you're a magical girl, right?
Nanaka: Precisely. ...Oh...!
Hazuki: Nn? What is it?
Nanaka: I feel as though I've seen your faces at school...right, Akira-san?
Akira: At our school? U--m, I wonder...
Konoha: ........
Hazuki: Haaa~ I wonder? ...So, are these other people your magical girl friends?
Akira: Ah, us?
???: Y, Yes! We're friends!
???: We are not friends. We have only joined forces.
Ayame: ......? Which one is it already!?
???: Wah...!
Nanaka: We formed an alliance and fight witches together.
Konoha: Alliance...
Nanaka: Just think of us as those who share the same objective...and that will do. ...Now then, here's the main subject of our conversation. Earlier, I just happened to observe you girls fighting a familiar.
Hazuki: That's true~ you were peeping at us, weren't you~
Konoha: ...Well, you are right about the peeping part, but...
Nanaka: Yes...it was wonderfully coordinated and you girls lacked any openings.
???: But, the first ones that went into the barrier were us...while we lost sight of the familiar, you came after us...and just happened to find and defeat it...that is all.
Konoha: ...Are you suggesting we stole it or something...?
???: W, We weren't!

Ayame: We found it first!
???: ...We...
Ayame: That's right! We did!
???: We...
Hazuki: Ahhh, she uses 'achishi' instead of 'atashi'. [1]
???: Ohhh, "atashi"!
Hazuki: She has a bit of a lisp, but that's the kind of kid she is~
Ayame: Heeey--! I'm not a kid! I'm 13!
???: 13! (...We're the same age...!)
Hazuki: In that case... she's just a bit of a kid?
Ayame: I'm telling you, I'm not a kid--!
Konoha: ...Both of you. That's enough small talk...
Hazuki: Oops! Crap, crap...
Ayame: Uuuuu~!
Hazuki: Sorry 'bout that~ ...So, what were we talking about?
???: ...That is enough.
Hazuki: Ah, sorry~
Nanaka: ...You did a very good job at changing the subject.
???: !?
Hazuki: ...Nn~...Ahahaha...
Nanaka: Which group was able to get to the familiar first is now water under the bridge...
Akira: Ahh~! She anticipated that and derailed the conversation!
???: ......
Hazuki: ...You're reading into it too much~
Nanaka: ...I see...You girls really are a fascinating group. ...I would like to get closer to you all...
Konoha: Closer...?
Nanaka: I'll get right to the point. ...Will you join forces with us?
Konoha: ...!
Ayame: Join forces...you mean you want us to become your friends...?
Konoha: ...Well, something like that...
Ayame: ...Muu~!
???: Is this really okay? Asking people we just met to...
Akira: Yeah--...it's not that different compared to when we first met...
???: ...No, it took quite a bit of time. This is clearly decided on a whim.
Akira: ...Well, you're not wrong there. Yeah, this has to be her instinct...But you know... it is Nanaka's instinct.
???: ...You have a point. We can't take her opinions too lightly.
???: M, Me too!
Akira: W, What's wrong, Kako-chan!?
Kako: ...I don't think those people are bad...
???: Is that what your instinctual powers told you, Kako?
Kako: ...Yes...

Nanaka: ...How about it?
Hazuki: Eh? That's uh~
Konoha: ...Hazuki.
Hazuki: ...What should we do, Konoha?
Konoha: The answer is obvious... we can't trust anyone other than ourselves. ...That's how it's been and that's how it will be.
Ayame: That's right!
Hazuki: I feel the same way. ...It's just, it has been a while since we were last in Kamihama...so don't you think we should look into things a bit more and get some information?
Konoha: ...Information...hm...
Ayame: But you know! I think that Nanaka girl's....mu~~n....ish. Oh, and that girl with the funny way of talking has a scary look in her eyes! [2]
And that person that refers to herself like a boy! [3]
And that person...uh...um...
Hazuki: What about that other, quiet girl?
Ayame: That girl? That girl's! That girl's...uhh--hhm....uh...
Konoha: ...We can't trust any of them.
Ayame: T, That's right!
Konoha: Any one of them, other than ourselves...
Hazuki: ...So, how should we do this?

Konoha: Let's see here...

[you are given these three options:
a) Let Hazuki handle this
b) Think about it some more
c) Konoha will negotiate

These options will decide which route you'll end up in. Here, I'm going with c.]

Konoha: ...I've decided. ...I'll talk.


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Konoha 8
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Konoha: ...I'll talk.
Hazuki: No, Konoha you don't have to go...
Konoha: I'll be fine...okay?
Hazuki: ...Well, when you're like this, Konoha, you won't listen to a thing I have to say...
Ayame: I'll go talk to them!
Hazuki: It'll be okay, Ayame. We'll just watch, okay?
Ayame: Uuu~!
Konoha: I'm sorry, Ayame... Now then... let's talk about this, Tokiwa Nanaka-san...
Nanaka: ...Gladly. ...So, your name is...?
Konoha: Shizumi Konoha...

Tokiwa Nanaka and I
both exchanged words in order to look into each other's minds...

...I had not even the slightest intention of joining forces with them.
This was, at most to get an understanding of who my enemy was...

But, Tokiwa Nanaka
was not a simple enemy that I could see through that easily...

At some point, the conversation reached a deadlock...
What I understood by that point is as follows...
"Tokiwa Nanaka is a suspicious magical girl"...

In that case,
the next course of action I should take is...

[If you've met certain conditions, you'll have two options here: a) distance ourselves from Nanaka or b) keep searching.
If you came straight here after End No1, your only option will be a, which is what I went with here]

Konoha: (A suspicious enemy...we'd be wise to stay away from her.)
...Whew...
Nanaka: ...What's the matter?
Konoha: ...I've come up with an answer...
Nanaka: ...Do you mind if you'll let us hear it?
Konoha: ...Tokiwa-san. Could you please leave us alone?
Hazuki: Konoha...
Ayame: Ohh!
Konoha: We don't need anyone as our friends besides ourselves...That's how it has been up until now. And, that's how it will be...okay?

Hazuki: Konoha, are you okay with this?
Konoha: This person's a pretty difficult one to deal with. It'd be safest for us if we don't get involved with people like her.
Hazuki: ...But, we've been away from Kamihama so we need to find out what's going on around h...
Konoha: If we're trying to find someone to get information out of, we'd be better off looking elsewhere.
Hazuki: ..........
Konoha: ...Is that okay?
Hazuki: ...I got it...

Nanaka: ...Is that so. Understood.
Akira: Nanaka...
Kako: Nanaka-san...!
???: ...Is that okay?
Nanaka: I can't force people if they don't like the idea themselves. After all, an alliance is something that is supposed to be fair. ...There needs to be mutual consent.
Konoha: ...In that case. From now on we both won't interfere with each other.
Nanaka: Understood. ...It's disappointing.
Konoha: .....
Nanaka: Shizumi Konoha-san. ...We could have been working together, and yet...
Konoha: ............? (...Those words...)
Nanaka: ...So, take care...
Akira: ...Let's go.
???: Let's...
Kako: ......(...That 13 year old girl's name...)
???: Kako. What's wrong?
Kako: Ah, yes! ...I, I'm coming...
Konoha: ...We're going home.
Hazuki: ...Yeah.
Ayame: ...Let's eat something! Hazuki! I'd like some curry!
Hazuki: ...Yeah, okay. (Is this really...)

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End No2
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Konoha: We don't need connections with other magical girls. We'll continue with just the three of us, for now and forever...that's what I thought.

Konoha: We should join forces with other magical girls...?
Hazuki: ...Yeah...
Konoha: Do you mean we should with that, erm, Tokiwa Nanaka girl...?
Hazuki: It doesn't have to be Tokiwa Nanaka. You see, I looked into a bunch of stuff about Kamihama. Seems like with the increase in the number of witches, the number of magical girls around here has increased by a lot too. They came here from other cities and anyway, there's a lot of them... I'm worried that we might end up clashing with someone somewhere as we continue to hunt witches...
Konoha: ...We just need to defeat them first.
Hazuki: Even that could offend someone, since we'd be snatching up witches right before their eyes. Besides, I don't think Tokiwa Nanaka would look the other way next time...If we join forces, then we can avoid pointless confrontations!
Konoha: ...We don't need any unnecessary relationships aside from ours!
Hazuki: Konoha!
Konoha: ...Let's not have this discussion anymore...
Hazuki: .........Okay...

Konoha: ...But the scenario Hazuki worried about became reality...
We started getting into conflicts with other magical girls...over grief seeds.
Eventually, those conflicts grew into disputes filled with hate...
And then...

Konoha: Hazuki! Ayame's...!
Hazuki: ...Konoha...she's over here...
Konoha: Ayame...! (...Her soul gem is...crumbling apart...!)
W, What's the meaning of this! Hazuki!
Hazuki: ...I don't know... Ayame just suddenly collapsed...I don't sense the presence of any familiars...there's no barrier so it can't be a witch...
Konoha: In other words...this was the work of a...magical girl...!
Hazuki: Somebody...Somebody...Somebody who has a grudge against us...!
Konoha: ...How could they...!
Hazuki: ...Why did things turn out this way!? Konoha! Hey! Konoha!
Konoha: Ha, Hazuki...
Ayame: Konoha...Ha...Hazuki...
Konoha: Ayame! Hang in there! Ayame!
Hazuki: ...Konoha...it's too late...
Konoha: A, Ayame...! AYAME------------!

BAD END

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[1] = Note that, as Hazuki says, Ayame uses 'achishi' instead of 'atashi', 'achishi-tachi' instead of 'atashi-tachi' and that's what has Kako so confused in this exchange.
It still translates to "I" and "we" respectively.
[2] = Meiyui is Chinese and all her sentences end with katakana characters, presumably to indicate a slight accent.
[3] = Akira refers to herself using "boku" (I), which is what boys (and sometimes tomboys) use.